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Community Design celebrates tenth anniversary
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 13, 2013
The European trademark authority (OHIM) is set to pass a key milestone in 2013 with the tenth anniversary of the first Registered Community Design (RCD) which was effected on 1 April 2003. Since then, OHIM has registered more than 690,000 RCDs. RCD has a number of benefits for anyone looking to apply for design protection...
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Record numbers of European patent filings in 2012
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 13, 2013
European patent filings reached record highs in 2012. Last year the European Patent Office (EPO) received around 258,600 applications – 5.7 % more than in the previous year. The number of patents granted also increased over the same period to 65,700. Patent applications received from Europe remain stable at a high level, while the US...
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Haribo won trademark suit against Lindt’s gold-covered chocolate bear
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 14, 2013
A trademark suit between two European confectionary bears was recently decided by a court in Cologne, Germany. The victorious party was the German company Haribo, which had sued the Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli for trademark infringement. In 2011 Lindt & Sprüngli launched a chocolate bear called “Lindt Teddy” wrapped in gold foil and...
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